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The world's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer said on Friday it is partnering with August Home, a provider of smart locks and home accessories, to test the service with certain customers in the Silicon Valley. The grocery business is set to be upended through Amazon's acquisition of upmarket grocer Whole Foods last month and the online retailer is also...

Sept 22- Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it was testing a service in the Silicon Valley to deliver groceries straight to customers' refrigerators as it looks to gain an edge over Amazon.com. Bentonville, Arkansas- based Wal-Mart said the homeowner would be in control of the entire experience, receiving a notification that the delivery is in progress and could...

Albertsons' expansion into meal kits, which deliver fresh ingredients and recipes to subscribers, comes less than a month after Amazon.com Inc's entry into the grocery market with its acquisition of Whole Foods Market. Albertsons said Plated meal kits would be offered at its store locations, online, and through a variety of distribution options.

Sept 20- General Mills Inc reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by lower sales of its yogurts and cereals in North America. The sector is expected to come under renewed pressure with the entry of online giant Amazon.com Inc into the brick-and-mortar grocery stores business through its deal to buy Whole Foods Market Inc..

ST. LOUIS— Bob Evans Farms is being sold to Post in a deal worth about $1.53 billion, giving the cereal maker a stronger presence in the grocery store through Bob Evans' valuable refrigerated sides business. Bob Evans makes things like refrigerated potato, pasta and frozen convenience food items under a number of brands other than Bob Evans, such as Owens, Country...

LONDON, Sept 19- British online grocer Ocado warned that additional investment in developing its distribution centers would increase short term costs, sending its shares lower. Ocado said it was raising capacity at its third high-tech Customer Fulfilment Centre in Andover, southern England, while also preparing its fourth, and largest center in Erith, on the...

LONDON, Sept 19- British online grocer Ocado warned that additional investment in developing its distribution centres would increase short term costs, sending its shares lower. Ocado said it was raising capacity at its third high-tech Customer Fulfilment Centre in Andover, southern England, while also preparing its fourth, and largest centre in Erith, on the...

Worldpanel@ LONDON, Sept 19- British supermarket sales increased by 3.6 percent in the 12 weeks to Sept. 10, largely driven by higher inflation and extending a run of above-3-percent growth to six months, industry data showed on Tuesday. Lidl grew the fastest, with an increase of 19.2. percent taking its share to a record high of 5.3 percent, Kantar.

LONDON, Sept 19- British supermarket sales increased by 3.6 percent in the 12 weeks to Sept. 10, largely driven by higher inflation and extending a run of above-3-percent growth to six months, industry data showed on Tuesday. Lidl grew the fastest, with an increase of 19.2 percent taking its share to a record high of 5.3 percent, Kantar Worldpanel said, while growth at...